Category Archives: Areas of Interest

Bankly Launches Microfinance Bank(ITNA)

Nigeria| Bankly, a popular Fintech company specializing in payment processing, has announced the launch of Bankly Microfinance Bank, marking a significant milestone in their journey to provide accessible financial solutions in Nigeria.The launch event held in Lagos showcased the newly introduced Group Savings features on the Bankly App. Bankly’s mission, which began in 2019, aims […]
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5G connections in Africa to increase 50-fold by 2028(M&G)

Growing adoption of 5G technology across Africa is set to drive a staggering 47-fold increase in subscriptions in the next five years, not counting North Africa, according to a recent report. According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report 2023, 5G subscriptions will grow from a relatively modest base of 3 million last December to a […]
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Senegal secures $2.7bn in climate finance from G-7 nations (Moneyweb)

The deal is modeled after one South Africa is pursuing with G-7 countries and several institutions to access $8.5 billion in climate finance. Senegal has secured 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) of funding from Group of Seven countries to transition to cleaner energy, making it the first country that doesn’t rely on coal for electricity […]
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Demand grows for Asian investment products that exclude China (FT)

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Farming in South Africa is being hobbled by power cuts and poor roads. Rural towns are being hit hardest (The Conversation)

South Africa’s agriculture has had great consecutive seasons since 2019/20. The sector’s gross value added grew by 14.9% in 2020, 8.8% in 2021 and modestly by 0.3% in 2022 . This was primarily supported by favourable weather conditions. The current season is also likely to deliver solid growth for the sector, with variation across sub-sectors. […]
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2023 retail industry outlook (Deloitte)

Embrace the changing consumer to bolster growth in inflationary times Amid market volatility, labor pressures, and supply chain constraints, how can retailers sustain the resiliency of the last few years to better navigate the current headwinds? Our 2023 industry outlook explores retail trends to help your company elevate its business strategy beyond traditional cost-cutting. Learn […]
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The four key ways disinformation is spread online (WEF)

Social media has ushered in an era of unprecedented connectivity. Yet it has also allowed disinformation and so-called fake news campaigns to proliferate and flourish. Disinformation—which includes false and out-of-context information spread with the intent to deceive or mislead—is largely propagated by people looking to distort public opinion and advance particular agendas. Key is how […]
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Grocery retailers and the food market: Trends and future prospects (Forbes)

Ecommerce at the core The COVID-19 pandemic introduced lockdown policies that forced several grocery retailers to shift to e-commerce and offer online shopping and delivery services. McKinsey reported that 20- 30% of grocery store businesses turned to e-commerce at the height of the pandemic in 2020. Although physical stores have resumed operations, online shopping is still a […]
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New GIBS article: Home country (in)stability and the locational portfolio construction of emerging market multinational enterprise by Helena Bernard and John Luiz

Emerging markets often experience instability due to rapid changes to the institutional environment, social changes like rapid urbanization, or even unrest. We argue that emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) manage such instability by constructing and changing locational portfolios, and qualitatively analyze six cases in South Africa over a period that included the entrenchment of Apartheid, increasing […]
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Huawei South Africa to invest $5.8-million in SMEs as part of new cloud plans (ITNA)

Huawei South Africa has announced that its third data centre availability zone is set to go live three years ahead of schedule, as well as its $5.8-million (R100-million) Cloud Spark programme, which is set to provide support to more than 1000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) over the next three years. Both of these announcements […]
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